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That comment is offered as being in keeping with the spirit of Cochrane's writings, which were first brought to my attention by VERBATIM readers of the (Toronto)

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  1. noun A written note intended as an explanation, illustration, or criticism of a passage in a book or other writing; an annotation.
  2. noun A series of annotations or explanations.
  3. noun A statement of fact or opinion, especially a remark that expresses a personal reaction or attitude.
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  • To him I imparted my thoughts in the course of a friendly chat and his comment was as follows: —  Charles the Bold
  • That comment is offered as being in keeping with the spirit of Cochrane's writings, which were first brought to my attention by VERBATIM readers of the (Toronto) —  VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol XX No 1
  • So, the next time comment is made about all those words that fill up (and are omitted from) the English dictionaries, remember the nightjar and the drunk, here and abroad. —  VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol XVIII No 1
  • No comment is offered on nana for banana (Zola must be spinning), fork out and fork over are given as variants of one another, analyst and analysis are given, without comment, as the American forms for psychoanalyst and psychoanalysis, and air-line is given as the usual form of beeline. —  VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol XIII No 2
  • That listing offers information that I would find quite confusing; for instance, although the comment is made that "Americans may use the —  VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol XX No 1
 

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remark ·  statement ·  reply ·  message ·  conversation ·  criticism ·  report ·  speech ·  suggestion ·  reference ·  opinion ·  commentary
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  1. Middle English, from Late Latin commentum, interpretation, from Latin, contrivance, from neuter past participle of comminīscī, to devise; see men-1 in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from French commenter = Spanish comentar = Portuguese commentar = Italian comentare, comment, from Latin commentari, consider thoroughly, think over, deliberate, discuss, write upon, freq. of comminisci, past participle commentus, devise, contrive, invent, from com- + minisci (only in comp.; cf. reminiscent), an inceptive verb, from √ *men (in me-minisse, remember, mens, mind, etc.) = Sanskrit √ man, think: see mind, memento, mental, etc.
  2. from comment, v.
  3. from Latin commentiri, feign, devise, from com- + mentiri, feign, lie, orig. devise, think out; akin to comminisci, past participle commentus, devise: see comment, v., and mendacious.
 

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